What's up with the music? I was looking forward to hearing some good Italian music... why 80's pop?

(I was debating with my husband for a long time to figure out if it was NBCs track, or the olympic music but then the announcers said something about the athletes walking in to "seemingly random american 80s music" and started joking about what they hoped to hear.

The opening ceremonies were nice, but I love the parade of nations. It must be exciting to be the 17 year old from Luxemburg who is the only athlete competing from her country.

But alas, it is late and I can't wait up to see the rest of the countries- so the USA has walked in and it's time for bed.